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Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus

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If you want to see Vesper Sparrows a look at the eBird map shows that you could do worse than the junction of North Dakota, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, which looks like the Vesper Sparrow epicenter. The Vesper Sparrow is named for its tendency to sing in the evening, right before the end of the day.

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A Birder’s Guide To…INDOCTRINATION

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No one, aside from your therapist, wants to spend time with a Debbie Downer. Photographed near Lostwood, North Dakota. Not everyone can spontaneously combust into the greatest birder of our generation, as I have. That said, not only I am astute observer of the avian, but of the human as well. Here we go! 1) Be weird.